diff --git a/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dae4db3ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+case "${ACTION}" in
+post)
+	setcap cap_net_raw+ep usr/bin/blackbox_exporter
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/files/blackbox_exporter/run b/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/files/blackbox_exporter/run
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c5586c4f40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/files/blackbox_exporter/run
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Add $ARGS for more arguments to blackbox_exporter
+# $CONF_FILE is the location of the configuration file.
+
+[ -f ./conf ] && . ./conf || exit 1;
+[ -z "$CONF_FILE" ] && exit 2;
+
+: ${USER:=_blackbox_exporter}
+
+exec chpst -u $USER blackbox_exporter --config.file "${CONF_FILE}" ${ARGS}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/template b/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a99088334c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/blackbox_exporter/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'blackbox_exporter'
+pkgname=blackbox_exporter
+version=0.8.1
+revision=1
+build_style=go
+go_import_path="github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter"
+go_ldflags="-X ${go_import_path}/version.Version=${version}
+ -X ${go_import_path}/version.Revision=${version}
+ -X ${go_import_path}/version.Branch=${version}
+ -X ${go_import_path}/version.BuildUser=VoidLinux"
+short_desc="Allows blackbox probing of endpoints over HTTP, DNS, TCP and ICMP"
+maintainer="Toyam Cox <Vaelatern@voidlinux.eu>"
+license="Apache-2.0"
+homepage="https://prometheus.io"
+distfiles="https://github.com/prometheus/blackbox_exporter/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6a9abef7575fc666c0c456f95e9d0410600e0832e679f8bed8c2069345d60d7e
+
+system_accounts="_blackbox_exporter"
+
+post_install() {
+	vsconf example.yml
+	vdoc CONFIGURATION.md
+	vsv blackbox_exporter
+}